Cushion-heel.



W. H. WATSON.

cnsmon HEEL ABPLIQATION FILED AUG. 3, 1910.

Patented Apr. 18,1911.

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Patented Apia18-, 1.91:1.

Application filed August 3, 1910. Serial No. 575,370.

citizen of the United" States, residing at en't: ofjthe United States filed March .111, y 190 Serial No; 420,382, I. have shown and 20 ;or liftsof felt and leather lieldctogether' Keene,.co,unty of Cheshire, .Stajte of- New Hampsl1ire,'have invented a certain new and usefulinlmprovement' in CushiomHeels, of

whi'chthe' following is a spcificatiomrefer- 4 ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings, I i My-present invention-has for its object an improvement-in cushion heels intended as a Substitute" for rubber heels for-bootsand The-increasing cost of rubber makes some substitute therefor in" heels extremely Ide- '1Sirable..- v

" jIna'previous application for=Letters Pat'- described" a cushion heelmade from layers chiefly by stitching. Such a construction is necessarywith felt" of common, consistency a of fiber, but-I have since found that felt may be obtained of such density'and tenacity as to i admit of securing the parts of the heel together by nailing.

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:lieep's its shape perfectly,

My present invention affords a meansof securing the parts-of the h eeltoget'her andto the-heel seat entirely with nails and with out the use of stitching and at thesame time of preserving all the natural elasticity of same as if the/parts were the felt exactly the The heel embodying my present invention compression. of the felt which takes place afterja period of use has no effect on-the 'jifastening of.the heel as is-l-sometimes the.

ease with a heel, theparts of which are stitched together; The heel is also very in expensive to c'onstruct'costing' not 'over half the'amount of a good rubber heel, and gives aniequal or greater amount of wear. It is also 'safer to wear than a rubber heel as the leather lift does not slip on wet pavements the bottom lift being made from leather.- Furthermore, it is pleasanter to wear than a rubber heel as it .does not give to l the wearer the noiseless catlike tread of a rubber heel which most persons who change from a 'leather-heel to a rubber heel find very 'an'-' noying.

-My invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in :connection with the accompanymg drawmgs,

since the slight and the novel features-will be pointed out 1 'andclearlv defined in the claims at the close v of the specification.

In the drawings,Figure 1- "a 'bottom viewxof a heel embodying my invention;

Fig; 2 is a section on line 2-2 Fig; 1 lookingthe; direction of the arrows and showing a portlon' of the heel seatL. i I I Referring to the drawings r- -At ljis'i'n- -dic-ated-the heel seat to which-the heel is secured. *This heel; seat isfiof ordinary 'con'-- struction as my improved cushion heel is adapted to be applied to any ordinarymshoe. Below theheel seat fis 'a lift or layer of felt 2 which is very elastic and gives to the heel its sprmgy cushioning effect. Below the lift 42 of felt is- 'a' bottom lift or tread 30fleather either natural "or artificial as desired.

This tread 3 of leather takes the wear which comes upon-the heel'and being stiffer than the felt liftQ- tends to distribute. the force of the blow struck in walking to the entire area of the'felt' lift. It also wears longer, 1

and makes the heel very desirable. In practic-e I find that av heel thusc'onstructed Wears -much longer than a solidleatherheelf'and believe this "to be due to the fact that the tread of my? heel while having alh'the wear .resisting qualities of a solid leather heel, ,is

cushioned upon. the vfelt layer 2, The Ifelt lift 2 and'the leather tread 3 are; secured together by fiat-headed nails 4:, 4, which are inserted in holes 5, bored about three quarv 3 ters way through the felt lift2. These holes 5, 5', are of such a sizea s to allow the heads a though some considerable compression of, the

felt-lift occurs as the result of continued wear. The cushion heel is madeup for sale in this form with the two partssecured to- =getherand the holes toreceive. the fastening nails bored as will-now be described. In

this form the heel may be readily applied to the shoe by any cobbler. The'comple'ted heel is secured tothe heel seat of the shoe by means of flat-headed nails 6, 6,'received in Holes 7, 7,.which are slightly largerthan the heads of the nails 6, 6. Said holes 7, 7 pass through the tread 3' and about two thirds through the felt lift 2: and allow the I i resisting tread, also-betweentheelastie' lift'- and the heel seat, This revents any'separ'ai;

"- 1 tion at the edgesof the ayers eomposing the nails. to be asa-aaaa ele ent of'iae heeli They may also betarranged so as to permit the attachment of; theheel ,by heel "nailing'machinesflf desired. 1 alsofconsiderit'deslrable to use 1a; thinjap lieationof a' suitable glue or ce,meri t,',pr'e erahlywaterjf proof, betweenjthe' elastic lift and "the...wear

heel;

a Fron f the foregoing ta a m thattlie heel. vis so] .constructed that the fastening f t means by which the'parts of-the-heel'are' secured-togetherand tothe heel seat donot interfere in the least" with} the elasticity of the 'felt which gives the cushioningj-efieet to -.Ywhile afithe same time it affords the exact.

' amount of elasticitydesired. The felt comthe heel. By employing felt. of proper densityand toughness, the heel is firm and does not get-'oubof shape .QVGII under hard'usage posingthe layer 2 may be waterproofed by the .use of a suitable. Waterproofiing mixture, and v the edges filled, blacked and polished in exactly the same manneras leather since the v fibrous'nature' of the felt makes it readily su'seepti'ble to this treatment.

- 1. The improvedheel comprising a tread of wear, resisting material having holes '-therethrough'laige' enough to pass the head of the it'astening' nails, a felt layer between said; treadfand jthe heel seat having holes bored partfwaythrough and-in registration with thej'holes in the tread, and having a sec0n d set of holes entering the'said layer on the sidenXt the'heel seat, and nails in ."the' said holes, one set securing the said lifts to the" heel' seat. r 2. The improved Cushion heel comprising a layer of elastic material, and a tread of wear resistinm material, said layer of elastic material havitng holes therein entering from opposite sides,"-and bored nearly through together andto the. heel seat .by two sets of oppositely extending headed nails in the said holes. L

ALICE H. Meant-son,

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I Washington, li cg v g "-togetlierand the other set securing the heel Intestirnony whereof I afiix my signature,

said elastic layer,-fsaid lifts being secured" 

